Comparative Law, Cases, Text, and Materials(University Casebook Series)

This new casebook offers a contemporary approach to the teaching of comparative law. By integrating an up-to-date set of cases, code texts, and scholarly materials drawn from the civil law and common law traditions, as well as from Islamic law and customary law, it captures today’s dynamic and diverse global landscape. The book presents the basics of the civil law and common law traditions, as they have developed historically in England and the European continent, and traces their evolution to the present day by showcasing and dissecting contemporary cases and codes. It does the same for Islamic law and customary law, drawing on scholarly writing and recent judicial and legislative developments. Beyond private law and criminal and civil procedure, the book also covers labor law, digital law, administrative law, and constitutional law.

The casebook relies on comparative law scholarship for the grand outlines of the different legal traditions and hones in on the particular history, lawmaking, and adjudication of a few jurisdictions within each tradition―England, France, Germany, and Brazil for the common law and civil law, Pakistan for Islamic law, South Africa and Ethiopia for customary law. It uses the same strategy for constitutional law, focusing on constitutiona(more...)